14,000 shops have shut down so far in 2020, a 25% increase on 2019

// 13,867 shops have pulled their shutters for the final time so far this year, according to Centre For Retail Research
// This is a 24.8% on the same period last year
// Non-food retailers have also lost more than £9bn  in sales this year so farNon-food retailers have lost £9 billion in sales so far this year, which could lead to one in 10 stores never being used to sell goods again, a new report has found.
The Centre For Retail Research also found nearly 14,000 shops have perm